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Lubomyra Mandziy
Любомира Мандзій
Acting Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine
In office
25 March 2020 – 25 June 2020
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal
Preceded by Yuriy Polyukhovych
Succeeded by Serhiy Shkarlet
Personal details
Born(1973-05-10)10 May 1973 [1]
Opaka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
Died27 November 2021(2021-11-27) (aged 48)
Political party Independent
Education Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
OccupationEducator
civil servant

Lubomyra Stepanivna Mandziy ( Ukrainian: Любомира Степанівна Мандзій; 10 May 1973 – 27 November 2021) was a Ukrainian educator and civil servant. On 25 March 2020, she was appointed as acting Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine. [2] [3]

Early life

Mandziy was born on 10 May 1973 in the village Opaka, Ukraine [ uk] located in Drohobych Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. [4] She graduated from geography faculty of the University of Lviv. [4] From 1998 to 2001 she studied at the graduate school of the University of Lviv. [4] In 2003, Mandziy became Candidate of Political Sciences. [5] [4] In 2008 she received the academic title of associate professor. [4] From 2001 to 2016, she worked at the University of Lviv at the Department of Political Science. [4] [1]

Career

In 2015, Mandziy ran for the Lviv Oblast Council in constituency number 8 for the party Petro Poroshenko Bloc. [6] But she was not elected. [6]

From 2016 to 2019, she headed the Department of Education and Science at the Lviv Oblast State Administration. [1]

In September 2019, Mandziy was appointed Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine. [7] On 25 March 2020, she was appointed the Acting Minister after the resignation of her predecessor Hanna Novosad. [2] [3] [4] On 17 December 2020, parliament appointed Serhiy Shkarlet, as Minister of Education and Science. [8]

Personal life

Mandziy spoke English and was fluent in Polish. [9] She was married to Taras Mandziy; the couple had a son who was named after his father Taras. [9] She owned 50% of the shares of Lviv Plant of Reinforced Concrete Products №2, with her husband owning the other 50%. [9]

Mandziy died on 27 November 2021, at the age of 48. [4] Mandziy's Facebook page posted a message from her family stating that she "had been battling a serious illness for the past year and a half", but no cause of death was given. [10] [4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Мандзий Любомира Степановна". Слово и Дело (in Russian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Cabinet appoints acting education minister". Ukrinform. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Про тимчасове покладення виконання обов'язків Міністра освіти і науки України на Мандзій Л. С." Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i (in Ukrainian) The former acting Minister of Education, Ukrayinska Pravda (27 November 2021)
  5. ^ "Філософський факультет". filos.lnu.edu.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Мандзій Любомира Степанівна". Chesno (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Про призначення Мандзій Л. С. заступником Міністра освіти і науки України". Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  8. ^ Shkarlet appointed Ukraine's education minister, Ukrinform (17 December 2020)
  9. ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) Lubomyra Stepanivna Mandziy: biography, compromising material, Znaj.ua [ uk] (2 June 2021)
  10. ^ (in Ukrainian) The former acting Minister of Education Lubomyr Mandziy, Radio Free Europe (27 November 2021)

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